Model couples promote good parenting skills

The selection and training of 8 model couples in the sub counties of Maliba and Kitswamba as community counselors in good parenting skills on 4^th and 5^th May 2017 has enabled the improvement of 80 families in good parenting skills, good sanitation and hygiene, monitoring of the children at schools, immunizing of the children and development of kitchen garden in homes to promote nutrition, involvement of children in both cultural and religious morals.

 The model couples also carry out the counseling and guidance sessions each couple reaching out to 10 households in order to amend the broken marriages which they refer to as the main cause of violence against children in the communities. ” am glad to have had the opportunity to receive the counseling services from the model couples because I have learned a lot about the up bring of children and how to communicate well in my marriage which has improved peace in my home………Am planning to construct another house for the kids…” says a man in Ibuga parish with 10 kids, 1 wife and the mother living in one small hunt.

Assessment of families by model couples

Assessment of families with model couples in Kitswamba S/C.